rule clarification

[Mister Ed]

Originally Posted by pinchus

correct me if I'm wrong but in the rules it says

saying that if you have 5 or more you MUST give charity, implying that if you have 5 you CAN give charity if you want to

I'm pretty sure that the intent is to detail the circumstances under which the Charity rule comes into play. If you don't have excess cards in your hand at the end of the turn, then Charity doesn't come into play at all.

It has been ruled before that you can't just give other people non-item cards without something specifically allowing it, and without too many cards in your hand, the Charity rule doesn't provide that justification. Of this I am virtually certain.